Victory Over Those Deadly D's

About the Book

I imagine my enemies think they won some victory by forcing me out of my job even though they didn't get a whole lot ofmoney from me, but they are wrong. The money I lost has been replaced. Just to live in The United States of America with 10% of the world's wealthiest people is a blessing. I have been on mission trips and I have seen poverty. I haven't seen that kind of poverty personally here in the United States. Nor have I ever been as blessed as I am right now. I have a husband, friends, healthy children and grandchildren, and a church home. I am free to schedule my own day instead of having it already scheduled for me. It is such a privilege to go to lunch with friends and be part of a bible study during school hours. God has brought individual people into my life who need to know His love, and I have the opportunity to demonstrate it to them. I love being able to spend as much time in God's Word as I want. I've even learned to sit down in the middle ofthe day and watch a movie on television ifI want. When I compare my life now with what I have experienced and the understanding God has given me regarding spiritual matters, I wouldn't trade my life for anyone else's. I've heard it said that if one has too easy of a life, she will have shallow faith. It has taken many trials and heartaches for me to develop faith in God's goodness and to trust in His love, but I thank Him for each and every one. Through each and every trial I experienced, the Holy Spirit gave me special promises to claim as my own which promised peace for every need and equipped me to endure and to overcome. God was faithful then, and He is faithful today. I love so many beautiful hymns and have copied them down and put them in my special notebook, but if I had to pick my life's theme song it would be the song by Andrae Crouch, Through It All I've had many tears and sorrows, I've had questions for tomorrow, There've been times I didn't know right from wrong; But in every situation God gave blessed consolation That my trials come to only make me strong. Through it all . . . Through it all, Oh, I've learned to trust in Jesus, I've learned to trust in God. Through it all .. . Through it all, I've learned to depend upon His Word.

About the Author

Nora McCollum (a pseudo name) lives in Broken Arrow with her husband, two dogs, two cats, and one bird. She usually starts each day with a bible lesson then fills the days by either working in her house and yard, gardening, playing the piano, reading, or crocheting. She visits with friends and neighbors and attends social events and church services. Two or three times a year she goes to Arkansas to visit her daughter and three grandchildren who are the love and joy of her life. She is a retired school teacher.